Shiro Sano

About

Shirō Sano (born March 4, 1955, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. After working with several theater companies, he had his first starring film role in To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) and gained wider recognition through the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992). His film credits include Violent Cop (1989), Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). He made his directorial debut with Karaoke in 1999.

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoSeries • 2002Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenSeries • 1990CSI: Crime Scene TalksSeries • 2011Tales of the BizarreSeries • 1990Kumokiri NizaemonSeries • 201399.9 Criminal LawyerSeries • 2016Ultraman MaxSeries • 2005The Ghost Writer's WifeSeries • 2025SegodonSeries • 2018TrickSeries • 2000SPEC ~ First BloodSeries • 2010Detective Office 5: Another StorySeries • 2005Clouds Over the HillSeries • 2009MOZUSeries • 2014Ultraman OrbSeries • 2016Sky HighSeries • 2003Ultraman TeoSeries • 2026S&XSeries • 2026The Locked Room MurdersSeries • 2012HappyendMovie • 2024The JournalistSeries • 2022The Confidence Man JPSeries • 2018Pokémon 4EverMovie • 2001Good NewsMovie • 2025